[wp-hackers] get_posts and custom post types

[scribu]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Simon Blackbourn <piemanek at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm currently using get_posts on several sites to retrieve custom post
> types.
>
> But I've just noticed that in the parameters section of the Codex page for
> get_posts [1], a big bunch of text has been struck through and replaced
> with
> this new message:
>
> *get_posts() only works with posts of the post_type "post". It will produce
> unexpected results when used to retrieve custom post types or pages.*
>
> I have not personally noticed any problems, so can anyone expand on what
> issues may arise?
>

When noticing things like this, you should look at who made the change. My
guess is it was an unexperienced user who had trouble:

http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Template_Tags%2Fget_posts&diff=91997&oldid=86154


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